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The Guitar Works Big Book

The Guitar Works Big Book contains sections on finish work: Information that you can use to do your own finish and spot repairs on guitars step by step to teach you that you can come very close to perfect results every time. You will learn to apply a lacquer finish to your guitar. I have provided examples of Both Acrylic and Nitrocellulose lacquer, and full paints as well as spot repairs on various instruments in my shop. Repair work: Whether we are customizing a guitar, repairing a fractured neck, refretting a beloved instrument or building our own guitar from scratch, there are those of us who love to work on and modify our guitars. I have done so for many years and I build hundreds of guitars in the process. This manual is designed to get you comfortable with doing your own neck repairs, refretting jobs and cutting, shaping and installing your own nut or saddle. It covers a complete rebuild of a damaged neck: Fret board removal, truss rod installation; it will show you how to radius the new board and install new frets. This will cover a snapped neck, where the neck is cracked in two. How to make a lasting repair and the order in which to do the multiple repairs you will need to perform to do that. It will show you how to take a bone blank and turn it into a saddle; how to get the shape and measurements you need to accomplish it: How to install it and set it up to your own tastes. This manual covers repairs that can save you hundreds of dollars in a professional shop. It can allow you to save money purchasing guitars that need work and give you the confidence that you will be able to perform the repairs yourself. I will also cover four complete custom guitar builds from top to bottom, both electric and acoustic; including: Fret work, Sound board work. Bridge manufacture and placement. Making a new nut, saddle, installing an electric bridge. Setting up action. Leveling frets. Building an acoustic top. Building an electric body from wood to finished product. Bolt in neck as well as set neck. Six and seven string acoustic. Neck inlay and much more. Pickup placement and why, piezo disc elements, volume and tone potentiometers. Wiring. Custom wiring and tuner placement. E.Q. installation and much more. Fully photographed with hundreds of images, diagrams and over 60.000 words of text to help you understand the processes. This will cover many techniques start to finish and four complete custom builds as well as two smaller beginner builds.

I have been having a blast with TrackMania the last few days. If you love arcade style car racing like I do, building your own tracks, cars and competing against millions of people world-wide, this is your game. There are several flavors of this game and I have tried them all. Some will not work […]

Finishing up David Maxon‘s machine. I used another T5400 board. A very solid server board that can handle up to 12 cores. The last build also used a T5400 board in a p490 case. This one is a little bit different. T5400 build: A brief look at the parts. This is a NVidia Quadro 4600 card. […]

Roku TV I saw a deal a few days back for a 32-inch HD TV from Walmart with built in Roku. TV, shipping and all came to barely over a hundred bucks and so it seemed like the next best thing to review. A mention: I do not work for or get paid by any […]

Earth’s Survivors: Alabama Island Series: Earth’s Survivors Dell Sweet: View More by This Author This book can be downloaded and read in iBooks on your Mac or iOS device. Description Joel came awake with sunlight streaming in through the windshield of the small car. He looked around at the road. Stalled cars for as far as […]

Very short stories with self evident morals for dummies #1… Jane: One day while walking down the street Jane decided to cross the street both out of the crosswalk and against the light. Jane was hit by a logging truck and killed instantly and she was also smashed to crap. Very short stories with […]

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Outdoor antenna project: I purchased an ONN 4K 60 mile range outdoor antenna from Walmart. Normally about $20.00 I got it for $8.00 on sale and free shipping as I had ordered some other things. I had been looking for … Continue reading →

Google Book Links Apocalypse: The Earth’s Survivors Series follows survivors of a worldwide catastrophe. A meteorite that was supposed to miss the earth completely, hits and becomes the cap to a series of events that destroy the world as we … Continue reading →

ZOMBIE FALL Copyright 2018 Dell Sweet all rights reserved You may not copy or distribute this material without written permission from the author. If you wish others to read this story, point them to this URL Zombie Fall Geo October … Continue reading →

Author W. G. Sweet and his books on iTunes… America The Dead Description The pawn shop was a nightmare inside. Every single cabinet was locked. Even so he found a gun cabinet, managed to pry it open, and left with … Continue reading →

Rocket no. 1, Hay Vida Dell Sweet View More by This Author This book can be downloaded and read in Apple Books on your Mac or iOS device. Description Michael Watson is the captain of an inner galaxy cruiser: He … Continue reading →

In the James Bond movie Skyfall, the abandoned Japanese island of Hashima serves as the secret headquarters of the Bond villain played by Javier Bardem. In reality the island serves as a sobering reminder of industrialization, war, and the human … Continue reading →

Earth’s Survivors: Alabama Island; Dell Sweet Book Nine: Alabama Island. The second time the fires had been out. Heat still came from the blackened shells, but the fires were dead. The moon was high in the sky, bloated, bright silver… … Continue reading →